Western Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)

Western Rockhopper Penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome

(Forster, JR, 1781)
Pingüino Penacho Amarillo
Pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo

Family: Spheniscidae
Order: Sphenisciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Isla Pingüino

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Vulnerable

Synonyms: Aptenodytes chrysocome, Eudyptes crestatus.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 663518
Squab
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
12/18/2025
Jorgelina Lopez

Photography ID: 573727
Juvenile
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/18/2024
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez

Photography ID: 573726
Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/18/2024
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez

Photography ID: 573725
Squab
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/18/2024
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez

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2412547

18/12/2025

Argentina

Santa Cruz

Isla Pingüino, Puerto Deseado

Hernán Tolosa

2400922

18/12/2025

Argentina

Santa Cruz

Isla Pingüino, Puerto Deseado

Jorgelina Lopez

2005696

18/02/2024

Argentina

Santa Cruz

Isla Pingüino, Puerto Deseado

Ariel Alejandro Vazquez

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Bibliography related

Costa, M. y H. A. Mandado. 2019. Primer registro documentado para la Argentina continental del pingüino de penacho amarillo del este (Eudyptes chrysocome filholi) en Las Grutas, Bahía de San Antonio, Río Negro, Patagonia, y reportes sobre su presencia en la Antártida Argentina e Islas Malvinas. Nótulas Faunísticas (segunda serie), 279.